Chapter 1
Quote:
Animals. . .Neither child knew what the word meant, exactly, but it was often used to describe someone uneducated or clumsy, someone who didn't fit in.
Reaction:That is pretty sad that the kids don't know what a animal is and that they have never seen one before.And the sad thing is that they acted like they knew exactly what they were talking about.
Vocabulary Word
Spouse-is a adult of a family.
Chapter 2
Quote:But to be honest, Jonas," his father said, "for me there was not the element of suspense that there is with your Ceremony. Because I was already fairly certain of what my Assignment was to be."
Reaction:In this community they have ceremonies for ever age group.And Jonas was turning twelve so he was going to be in The Ceremony Of Twelves.At the ceremony you were going to get thing for your age group like getting a bike, but for the twelve year old kids the had to get jobs.I would be nervous having a job at the age of twelve and not being able to choose it.
Vocabulary Word
Aptitude-capability; ability; innate or acquired capacity for something; talent:
Chapter 3
Quote:The apple had changed. Just for an instant. It had changed in mid-air, he remembered. Then it was in his hand, and he looked at it carefully, but it was the same apple. Unchanged. The same size and shape: a perfect sphere. The same nondescript shade.
Reaction:WOW! That's strange how it changes in mid-air it was the same apple and everything but the color just change for some reason.
Vocaulary Word
chastisement: to discipline
Chapter 4
Quote:What happens when they make the actual release? Where exactly did Roberto go?
Roberto was a man who went to the House Of Old and after a while they released him from the city.The lady said they were talking about presonal thing.
Vocabulary Word
Bypass: road enabling motorists to avoid a city or other heavy traffic points or to drive around an obstruction.
Chapter 5
Quote:You're ready for the pills, that's all. That's the treatment for stirrings.
Reaction:That's pretty strange, when they have problems they just take a pill like if you try to beat someone up they will give you a pill and say if you like someone they will give you a pill.I don't think that is the smartest thing to do if somebody has a problem like those.
Vocabulary Word
Dwelling -a building or a house Chapter 6
Quote:Those who were released were sent Elsewhere and never returned to the community.
Reaction:That not far you can never return back to community ever again.
Vocabulary Word relinquish-to renounce
Chapter 7
Quote:He couldn't seem to stop, though for each lapse the discipline wand came again, escalating to a series of painful lashes that left marks on Asher's legs. Eventually, for a period of time, Asher stopped talking altogether, when he was a Three. Reaction:That not far to get hit somebody for saying words incorrectly.Also he decide to stop talking so he would not get hit anymore.
Vocabulary Word
precision-being precise Chapter 8
Quote:Jonas has been selected to be our next Receiver of Memory.
Reaction:I do think that I'll be able to be the receiver of memories because that is way to much presure.
Vocabulary Word integrity-to be honest
Chapter 9
Quote: "What happened to her?"he asked nervously.
Reaction:Wow he is really scaried about that I fill sad that he is going through that.
Vocabulary Word
exempted- to be free from an obligation
Chapter 10
Quote:He couldn't imagine what the thousands of pages contained.
Reaction:Why can't the other people in the community see the books,are the tring to hide thing for them.
Vocabulary:conspicuous- to be easily noticed
Chapter 11
Quote:"Why don't we have snow, and sleds, and hills?"
Reaction:It is because of thier climate control.If they had snow it stop them from growing sertain things.
Vocabulay Word
perceived-to become aware of
Chapter 12
Quote:We shouldn't have!" Jonas said fiercely.
Reaction:I agree with Jonas and I think that they should have taken away all the bad stuff but not the ability to see color. Vocabulary:capacity- the ability to receive or obtain
Chapter 13
Quote:We really have to protect people from wrong choices.
Reaction:That'sone problem that I wish would go away in our society people making the wrong choices.
Vocabulary Word
access-to have the ability to obtain something
Chapter 14
Quote:But what wisdom do you get from hunger? Reaction:You can get wisdom for hunger like if your taking a test an you've haven't eaten anything you will have low energy and would be able to do well on the test.If you eat something you will have energy and will do better than before.
Vocabulary Word
excruciating-extremly painful
Chapter 15 Quote:The Giver looked away, as if he could not bear to see what he had done to Jonas. "Forgive me, " he said. Reaction:At this point I think that the Givier has taken the place of Jonas' dad get closer and closer to Jonas.
Vocabulary Word anguish-extreme suffering of pain
Chapter 16
Quote:"And they won't be part of my life anymore. . . And they'll be well cared for and respected." Reaction:What kind of rules are these won't be a part of there life anymore.They should just let the grandparnets so they can be well care for and repected.
Vocabulary Word
obsolete-no longer in general use
Chapter 17
Quote:"Then I wave bye-bye," he said, in the special sweet voice he used when he spoke to the newchild.
Reaction:When I read that Jonas' Dad was going to release one of the twins I thought it was going to a small ceremony ,and release into a nice community.
Vocabulary Word
overwhelmed-to be full of
Chapter 18-19
Reaction:That is a sad thing to do to a little twin boy.Why did they have to kill one of the boys ,there was no point to do something like that they had no reason?They could of just gave it to another family.If I was Jonas I would try to show this to as many people in his community no matter what.
Chaper 20
Quote:"Her name was Rosemary."
Reaction:Now I understand why the Giver did not want to leave with Jonas he want to be with his daughter so I guess he is going to get released.
Vocabulary Word emphatically-to be uttered
Chapter 21
Quote:"First thing tomorrow morning."
I can't beleave that Jonas is going to finally run away from here because if it was me I would of long gone for this community.
Vocabulary Word
meticulously(p.153)-taking or showing extreme care to little details
Chapter 22
Quote:I have idea that Jonas is going to try to start over in a deffernet community. Vocabulary Word consciousness-thoughts
Quote:
Animals. . .Neither child knew what the word meant, exactly, but it was often used to describe someone uneducated or clumsy, someone who didn't fit in.
Reaction:That is pretty sad that the kids don't know what a animal is and that they have never seen one before.And the sad thing is that they acted like they knew exactly what they were talking about.
Vocabulary Word
Spouse-is a adult of a family.
Chapter 2
Quote:But to be honest, Jonas," his father said, "for me there was not the element of suspense that there is with your Ceremony. Because I was already fairly certain of what my Assignment was to be."
Reaction:In this community they have ceremonies for ever age group.And Jonas was turning twelve so he was going to be in The Ceremony Of Twelves.At the ceremony you were going to get thing for your age group like getting a bike, but for the twelve year old kids the had to get jobs.I would be nervous having a job at the age of twelve and not being able to choose it.
Vocabulary Word
Aptitude-capability; ability; innate or acquired capacity for something; talent:
Chapter 3
Quote:The apple had changed. Just for an instant. It had changed in mid-air, he remembered. Then it was in his hand, and he looked at it carefully, but it was the same apple. Unchanged. The same size and shape: a perfect sphere. The same nondescript shade.
Reaction:WOW! That's strange how it changes in mid-air it was the same apple and everything but the color just change for some reason.
Vocaulary Word
chastisement: to discipline
Chapter 4
Quote:What happens when they make the actual release? Where exactly did Roberto go?
Roberto was a man who went to the House Of Old and after a while they released him from the city.The lady said they were talking about presonal thing.
Vocabulary Word
Bypass: road enabling motorists to avoid a city or other heavy traffic points or to drive around an obstruction.
Chapter 5
Quote:You're ready for the pills, that's all. That's the treatment for stirrings.
Reaction:That's pretty strange, when they have problems they just take a pill like if you try to beat someone up they will give you a pill and say if you like someone they will give you a pill.I don't think that is the smartest thing to do if somebody has a problem like those.
Vocabulary Word
Dwelling -a building or a house
Chapter 6
Quote:Those who were released were sent Elsewhere and never returned to the community.
Reaction:That not far you can never return back to community ever again.
Vocabulary Word
relinquish-to renounce
Chapter 7
Quote:He couldn't seem to stop, though for each lapse the discipline wand came again, escalating to a series of painful lashes that left marks on Asher's legs. Eventually, for a period of time, Asher stopped talking altogether, when he was a Three.
Reaction:That not far to get hit somebody for saying words incorrectly.Also he decide to stop talking so he would not get hit anymore.
Vocabulary Word
precision-being precise
Chapter 8
Quote: Jonas has been selected to be our next Receiver of Memory.
Reaction:I do think that I'll be able to be the receiver of memories because that is way to much presure.
Vocabulary Word
integrity-to be honest
Chapter 9
Quote: "What happened to her?"he asked nervously.
Reaction:Wow he is really scaried about that I fill sad that he is going through that.
Vocabulary Word
exempted- to be free from an obligation
Chapter 10
Quote:He couldn't imagine what the thousands of pages contained.
Reaction:Why can't the other people in the community see the books,are the tring to hide thing for them.
Vocabulary:conspicuous- to be easily noticed
Chapter 11
Quote:"Why don't we have snow, and sleds, and hills?"
Reaction:It is because of thier climate control.If they had snow it stop them from growing sertain things.
Vocabulay Word
perceived-to become aware of
Chapter 12
Quote:We shouldn't have!" Jonas said fiercely.
Reaction:I agree with Jonas and I think that they should have taken away all the bad stuff but not the ability to see color.
Vocabulary:capacity- the ability to receive or obtain
Chapter 13
Quote:We really have to protect people from wrong choices.
Reaction:That's one problem that I wish would go away in our society people making the wrong choices.
Vocabulary Word
access-to have the ability to obtain something
Chapter 14
Quote:But what wisdom do you get from hunger?
Reaction:You can get wisdom for hunger like if your taking a test an you've haven't eaten anything you will have low energy and would be able to do well on the test.If you eat something you will have energy and will do better than before.
Vocabulary Word
excruciating-extremly painful
Chapter 15
Quote:The Giver looked away, as if he could not bear to see what he had done to Jonas. "Forgive me, " he said.
Reaction:At this point I think that the Givier has taken the place of Jonas' dad get closer and closer to Jonas.
Vocabulary Word
anguish-extreme suffering of pain
Chapter 16
Quote:"And they won't be part of my life anymore. . . And they'll be well cared for and respected."
Reaction:What kind of rules are these won't be a part of there life anymore.They should just let the grandparnets so they can be well care for and repected.
Vocabulary Word
obsolete-no longer in general use
Chapter 17
Quote:"Then I wave bye-bye," he said, in the special sweet voice he used when he spoke to the newchild.
Reaction:When I read that Jonas' Dad was going to release one of the twins I thought it was going to a small ceremony ,and release into a nice community.
Vocabulary Word
overwhelmed-to be full of
Chapter 18-19
Reaction:That is a sad thing to do to a little twin boy.Why did they have to kill one of the boys ,there was no point to do something like that they had no reason?They could of just gave it to another family.If I was Jonas I would try to show this to as many people in his community no matter what.
Chaper 20
Quote:"Her name was Rosemary."
Reaction:Now I understand why the Giver did not want to leave with Jonas he want to be with his daughter so I guess he is going to get released.
Vocabulary Word
emphatically-to be uttered
Chapter 21
Quote:"First thing tomorrow morning."
I can't beleave that Jonas is going to finally run away from here because if it was me I would of long gone for this community.
Vocabulary Word
meticulously(p.153)-taking or showing extreme care to little details
Chapter 22
Quote:I have idea that Jonas is going to try to start over in a deffernet community.
Vocabulary Word
consciousness-thoughts